Genesis 4:23

New American Bible - revised edition

Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my utterance: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

Cross References

Numbers 23:18

Balaam recited his poem: Rise, Balak, and listen; give ear to my testimony, son of Zippor!

Leviticus 19:18

Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Exodus 20:13

You shall not kill.

Judges 9:7

When this was reported to Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim and cried out in a loud voice: “Hear me, lords of Shechem, and may God hear you!

Genesis 4:22

Zillah, on her part, gave birth to Tubalcain, the ancestor of all who forge instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is mine and recompense, for the time they lose their footing; Because the day of their disaster is at hand and their doom is rushing upon them!

Psalm 94:1

Lord, avenging God, avenging God, shine forth!